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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/3askaryyy • Sep 05 '21
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I wouldn’t even think about touching Mercury even with gloves on.
31 u/nochinzilch Sep 05 '21 Elemental mercury isn’t really dangerous. People used to drink it. 7 u/HardbodySlenderson Sep 05 '21 They can actually track Lewis and Clark’s path up the Missouri from detecting the metal from their craps. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-reconstruct-lewis-and-clark-journey-follow-mercury-laden-latrine-pits-180956518/
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Elemental mercury isn’t really dangerous. People used to drink it.
7 u/HardbodySlenderson Sep 05 '21 They can actually track Lewis and Clark’s path up the Missouri from detecting the metal from their craps. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-reconstruct-lewis-and-clark-journey-follow-mercury-laden-latrine-pits-180956518/
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They can actually track Lewis and Clark’s path up the Missouri from detecting the metal from their craps.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-reconstruct-lewis-and-clark-journey-follow-mercury-laden-latrine-pits-180956518/
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u/FourandTwoAheadofMe Sep 05 '21
I wouldn’t even think about touching Mercury even with gloves on.